capos

Meaning of capos

plural noun

a clamp fastened across all the strings of a fretted musical instrument to raise their tuning by a chosen amount.

late 19th century: from Italian capo tasto, literally ‘head stop’.

plural noun
  1. the head of a crime syndicate, especially the Mafia, or a branch of one.
    the Sicilian capo claims he controls most of the world's heroin trade

1950s: Italian, from Latin caput ‘head’.

Information about capos

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of capos is: capo.
  • Languages ​​in which capos is used:

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Hyphenation of capos

ca-pos

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
  • capos is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of capos

pacos, Pasco, posca, scopa

Words that rhyme with capos

cheapos, kakapos, Gestapos, gestapos

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